Improvement in stock-sheds and wind-screens



2'sheets- -sheeil. J'. F. PATTERSON, Jr. STOCK-SHED AND WIND-SCREEN.

No. 175, 71 Patented April 25, 1876.

WITNESSES WM 4 M N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHDGRAPHER, WASHlNGTQN. D. Q

stock-shed and wind-screen, as will b section of the same.v I

- ONE-HALF BIISMBIGTHT- T0 H NRY rn rrnnsomon MonrERiiY, VA.

' immovl-ziviiznrin STOCK-SHEDS AN D WiND-SCREEN'S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.

October Tocll whom it may concern: a I

Be it known that-LJAMESF. PATTERSON, Jr., of the county of Pocahontas and in the State of West Virginia, have-+invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock- Sheds; and do hereby declare that the follow ing is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference) being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the; letters of reference marked ther cation; I

The-nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement-of a movable e herein= eon, making a part of thisspeciliafter more fully set forth. 7 In order to enable others skilled in the'art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to de- V scr1be ts constructionand operation, referring to the annexed drawings, iniwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the stockshed. Fig.2 is a perspective view of the windscreen. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section of' the stock-shed, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal The base of the stock-shed isformed of two parallel end sills, A A, connected in the center by a longitudinal sill, B, and having no outside sills which would offer an impediment to the free ingress and egress of the stock. (3 U are the ends of the shed; D D, the rafters, and E the plate. G G are braces, extending from the rafters to the center of the sill B. At the oinings of the middle with the end sills are iron braces on a, which may be of either cast or wrought iron, and should be of' increased thickness attheangle, to hate the required strength. I

v The wind-screen is constructed of a centersill, H, with two end sills, I, half mortised into the same, and the screen J erected upon and braced to the center sill H. In the joints between'the sills H and [are inserted pins, so driven as to give the joinings the strength of adovetail. The ends of the cross-sills are adapted to the application of movable axles L, and wheels K, which permit the screen to be moved laterally. Nearer the long or main sill H, on the sides of the cross-sills I, are other mortisesfor themovable axles and wheels,

116,677, dated April 25, 1 2 1, 12575.

876; application filed screen.

desired.

The wind-screen thus constructedis intended as an appendageor part of, and necessary to, the three-silled shed, although they can be used separately for construction of movable pens, 8w.

The screen is intended to shelter and protect live stock from wind and driving storms. Cattle in the winter will seek protection'from wind both day and night, when not feeding, and in that time deposit most of the manure. Now, by moving the screen from place to place, the, farmer not only secures fresh The axles can be made 0tany shape manurin g the inclosure, thus saving, also, th labor of scattering the manure.

In the use of the wind-screen, as well aslin the three-'silled shed, all the manure, both liquid and solid, is deposited where wished, Without danger of undergoing that destructive fermentation bywhich the rich gases are set free length of the field, by changing the axles and wheels to the mortises in the ends of the crosssills, the screen may be moved laterally whatever distance desired; then replace the axles 'theaxles are not in place, to prevent their being filled with snow and ice.

The shed should be set wlth the gable-end room and protection. At the gable-ends of I the shed are bottom planks It, which may be used or not, as the'shed is mounted or down. By the attachment of iron braces, movable for the forward or backward movement of the and clean beds for the stock, thereby pro-f moting their health, but also regularity inand the manure rendered less efficient. After moving the screen, by lever or horse, the t and wheels and move back across the. in-- The various mortises for the movable axles are to be vprotected by blocks or shields, when facing the prevailing currents, and a screen or screens set. near the open ends, securing xles, and "hanging boards to any ordinary framed structure for livestock, the same ad and thewind-screenJ,having movable axles vantages can be secured for stalled stock; and wheels,isubstnntially as and for the pur- Hn'ving thus fully described my invention, poses set forth. what I claim as new, and desire to secure by In testimony that I claim the foregoing I Letters Pnte11t,is-- I have hereunto set'my hand this 7th day of" April, 1875.

1. A three-silled stock'shed, provided with movable axles and wheels, for-the purposes JAMES F; PATTERSON, JR.

herein set forth. Witnesses:

2. The combination of the three-silled stock J OHN H. PATTERSON, shed, provided with movable axle and wheels, I- W. R. RODGERS. 

